Lives are at stake...

My prayer:

Thank you God for all of the things that you worked out today. It was hectic and frantic with me running a minute late all day, but you worked it all out. 

I don't know why it still amazes me so much that you are so good to me. I am really in awe. In particular, I am so grateful for how you meet my every need at work. If people just understood they would know that every success I have is completely because of you. 

Do I give you enough credit for that God? I think that sometimes I let people think it is something I am doing. I don't mean to, but I know I do. I am sorry God. I will try to be better about making sure everyone knows it is you and not me. I love you!

What God Said Tonight:

Right now there is a more pressing matter. Right now there are things on fire and ready to be fully destroyed. I have you in the wings waiting to put out the flame. 

The flame is destructive. It will rob people of their given rights to freedom. The fire is not from me but I will place you where you can diffuse it. 

Don't dilly dally, there are lives at stake. Don't worry about what to say, I will speak for you. Most of all, know and remember that I am God and I will not let this threat stand.

Now and forever...

My prayer:

Today was such a whirlwind Lord! I am exhausted but need to hear your voice before I go to sleep. I want to hear your words and your heart before I put this crazy day behind me.

What God Said Tonight:

You have never said the words to make me turn away. You have never done the deed that would make me walk away. You have never messed up so badly that I can't stay near you. You have never done these things and you never will. 

There is no act bad enough to keep me from you. There is no choice wrong enough to make me disown you. You have chosen me and that choice is for eternity. 

I love you and I will see you blessed, now and forever.

God's love...

My prayer:

Thank you for making everything go so smoothly today God! I was really kind of dreading it but you took care of everything. You take such amazing care of me. It is really almost unbelievable. Thank you for loving me and taking care of every need. I am SO BLESSED!

What God Said Tonight:

I have come for many things. To heal, to save, to redeem, but I came mostly to love. 

I am love, my whole purpose is to love. I will love you to the end of eternity. My love for you is not diminished by the circumstances. My love for you is all encompassing and everlasting.

My schedule...

My prayer:

What a great weekend God. I am not ready to head back to work and this week is PACKED with meetings.

I will need your help to not stress out and to respond with love and peace. I will need your peace residing in me to make it. I ask for your help. With you, this week can be amazing. On my own, this week will be a disaster.

Thank you for always sticking with me and thank you for your help.

What God Said Tonight:

I have plans for this week that go beyond your schedule. Do not get lost in thinking you know what the future brings. Your plans, your schedule are only a small part of the story yet to come.

I am here for you. I am here to guide you. I am here with you, always. Focus on me, let me guide you through, not your plans. Leave room to follow me.

Hardship...

My prayer:

Another wonderful and peaceful day God. Thank you for being so present.

I loved the time on the lake with you this morning. SO peaceful and beautiful. Your voice and your Spirit surrounding me.

There is no better place anywhere than in your presence. I love you with all that I know how to love, which is not enough, not what you deserve but all that I have.

What God Said Tonight:

Don't rest until you have run. Don't play until you have worked. And, don't die until you have lived.

No real joy is experienced until it is in the face of hardship. I know this to be true. The hardships in life are not meant to bring you down. They are meant to grow you up.

Everything in its season...

My prayer:

What a great day God. Thank you for every minute.

Thank you for making me a blessing and thank you for blessing me. Thank you for all of the work you helped me get done and thank you for the rest you gave me.

I guess the thing that was so great about today was it was balanced and you were in it.

What God Said Tonight:

There is a time and a season to everything. I know I have told you this many times before but it is when you truly understand that fact that you begin to live a balanced life and a life of peace.

The people who are always worried about what is going to happen next, never get to experience the joy in front of them.

Trust me to take care of tomorrow. Trust me to accomplish everything in its season and you will never need the crutch of worry again.

I love you. I am all yours.

Your landscape...

My prayer:

Thank you for a day of great peace God. Not because of the circumstances, those the were normal, crazy mix of challenges. But in the middle of it all, there was your peace that I got to sit in all day. What a perfect place to be.

What God Said Tonight:

As the sun goes over the horizon and the light hits the landscape at different angels, everything changes. The appearance of the landscape is completely changed based on where the light is shining on it. This is most evident in the desert.

The same is true for your life. Everything changes its appearance as my light shines upon it. The true beauty of your life is brought out when I shine on you. This beauty is at its greatest when you are in your desert.

It is because the contrast is so great. When your circumstances are difficult, my light seems more bright and more beautiful.

Let my light transform your landscape.

A big decision...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I come asking for guidance and direction tonight.

The opportunity from today is interesting. I have been looking for a change. Is this it? Or is this just a distraction? Part of me thinks it could be great but part of me sees all of the downsides to it. A big part of not wanting to take the opportunity is knowing I would have to say good bye to people I truly love and admire. But then I think, that is not a good reason to stay and ignore the opportunity.

Anyway, as you can see, logic and reason isn't getting me anywhere. Help me God to make the right decision.

What God Said Tonight:

Our relationship is not one where I tell you what to do and you do it. That is the relationship of a master and a slave. You are not my slave, you are my daughter, my precious daughter. As such, all I want is your happiness.

I just want to be a part of your everyday life and decisions. I can show you pitfalls and I can show you potential, but the decision, especially decisions like these are all yours.

You can talk it through with me and bounce ideas off of me, I am happy to be a part of it all, but in the end, you choose. And when you do, I will find blessings in your decision. I will destine you to succeed, as I have always done.

Rest on it. Let your mind turn off for awhile. I bet it will look a whole lot clearer to you in the morning.

God's warrior army...

My prayer:

What a crazy attack that was tonight God! I could almost hear satan jeering at me, "What are you going to do now? Now that everything is going wrong, bet you start blaming God now!"

That was where he overplayed his hand though. I knew in that moment that I had to focus on you like never before, trust in you like never before and love you know matter what the outcome, knowing that you would work it for my good. And, right then, everything started turning around!

It seems like you are teaching me a lot through real life circumstances right now God. It is a powerful way to learn. I love you!

What God Said Tonight:

Your left and your right are an army ready for battle. They have waited many years to fight and the time is nearly here.
 
You are on the front lines but you are not alone. Your warrior brothers and sisters will fight by your side. The winner is already determined but the battle needs warriors.

Go get them my warrior princess daughter!

God's voice...

My prayer:

I really enjoyed our time together today God. It was good to just hang out with you, no agenda, no needs, just you and me on a lake.

I know I don't do that enough. I don't take the time to just be in your presence. There is almost always something going on where I need your help, your guidance, something. That must get really old for you.

Any time you want to talk, let me know and I will do all that I can to stop what I am doing to listen. Sometimes you are going to have to talk loud or smack me upside the head a bit because, you know, I can get pretty involved in my own stuff. But, please know that I truly always want to and will make time to listen.

Your voice is my everything. Your love makes me whole.

What God Said Tonight:

I have a voice that can shake the foundations of the earth. I can actually wake the dead with my voice. But most people know it as a still small voice. That is how I prefer to talk to my children.

I prefer those quiet moments. I save the big voice for warfare, for momentous changes. I use my small voice for showing you love, helping you along the way, giving you all that I can. My loud voice is for the enemy. He does not listen well and sometimes it is the only way I can get his attention. My children, who know and love my voice, will find it in the quiet spaces.

Every time you take a moment in your busy day, I will be there. Every time your thoughts turn to me, I will be there.

I am yours and you are mine forever,

Prayer for Pastors...

My prayer:

My prayer tonight God is for your Pastors. As I look around, it seems like your Pastors around the world are getting attacked at greater levels than ever. They are being attacked in their physical health, in their families, in their minds, in their emotions and in their dreams. It seem clear that satan has launched an onslaught against the men and women who have dedicated their lives to serving you and your people and I want to take a stand, right here, right now and say STOP IT satan!

In the name of Jesus Christ who has given me the authority to do so, I resist you and I command you to back off of the chosen people of God. You can't have them. They belong to God. Get your filthy hands OFF!

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

I have heard you and I am with you. Your instincts are right. This is  a new level of battle and a new level of warfare going on today.

I have my warriors in place. I have the destiny already worked through.

You will see great things on the other side of this. Pastors who keep their eyes and faith in me will be delivered. Those who do not will be sifted, like wheat. I need my end days army strong and unshakable.

I love you.

While you wait...

My prayer:

I am feeling deflated tonight God. I could use some of your inspiration and hope.

Love you!

What God Said Tonight:

I have only good things for you, right? I have promised you a future. I have promised you hope. I have not brought you this far just to let you stop. I have spent a lifetime preparing you. I won't let that go to waste.

I will tell you again, this next season is nearly here and it is only a matter of timing. While you wait, rest, grow strong, look forward with hopeful anticipation and enjoy this time to rest and play. The hard work will be here soon enough.

I love you and don't worry, all is well and as it should be.

Lead with your heart...

My prayer:

Thank you God for having better ideas than mine.

Today I was all ready to go in and demand "the respect I deserve" and instead you provided a wonderful bonding opportunity that helped me to see it wasn't disrespect but something completely different that drove his behavior. If I had gone in the way I wanted to, I would have alienated him and made things worse.

Thanks for always having a better way and leading me down the right paths. My life is so much better because you are in it!

What God Said Tonight:

Sometimes a good idea starts from a completely different place and can take you exactly where you need to be for other reasons.

Today, you led with your heart. You left your ego and your logic behind. That is what made it successful. When dealing with other people, leading with your heart will never let you down.

Paradise...

My prayer:

Thank you for amazing timing today God. Everything fell right into place, I heard your voice all day guiding me, it was wonderful!

I love those times where your presence is so obvious. I know you are always with me but sometimes I can sense you more than others. I love when I can see, hear, feel you close. You are my ever present help.

Thank you for today.

What God Said Tonight:

I am not through yet. I am just beginning to change the world into the paradise I always meant for it to be.

The change is hard and the change will look worse before it is better. But the change is coming. The change has begun.

I am counting on you and your brothers and sisters to move in when it is done. I am counting on you to be the stewards I first envisioned my children to be. I am counting on you to stay strong in me and be ready.

I love you .

Deep wounds...

My prayer:

Today was a whole lot of challenges without much reward. I had to hunt for the joy and the blessings today God. Thankfully, with your help, I found some.

I know you keep telling me a new season, an exciting adventure is on the way and I am SO READY! This dragging through each day with a goal of getting to the end of it is no way to live.

I love you God. What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

Sometimes, there a wounds that are so deep and that have been covered up for so long, you have forgotten they are there.

It is not until you start cleaning up the areas of your life that you notice the old bandage and try to remove it. It is in that removal that you begin to recognize the depth of the wound. The bandage has kept it from bleeding all over but it has not kept it from festering and getting worse.

It is time to remove some bandages and heal the festering wounds. They are not doing you any good and it is time they are healed.

It might hurt a little. Healing a wound like that often requires some initial pain to clean it out. But, in the end, you will be much happier.

Adventure...

My prayer:

Thank you God for healing me today! Thank you for a beautiful trail with a great friend. Thank you for joy, peace and love all over my life today.

You are a wonderful Father and I am yours, now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

Your next step is a bit of a leap at first but once you jump, it is smooth downhill sailing. It is going to be fun and exhilarating You will enjoy the trip as much or more than the destination.

I have heard you calling out to me for a new season, a new journey a new challenge, and I have it coming your way. I have your name carved into it. It is an adventure made just for you.

Don't get tired in well doing. Hang in there and you will see, it will be the time of your life!

Season...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I need a new direction, a new purpose, a new...something meaningful. I am feeling stuck and uninspired. I am feeling a bit useless to myself and to others.

What should we do next God? Where should we go? What should we build? I am ready for a new adventure.

What God Said Tonight:

I have a season to everything. I have a season for growth and a season for rest. I have a season for planting and a season for harvesting.

Don't rush your season.

Your feeling right now is nothing more than the anticipation of your spirit for the coming season. You are preparing yourself without even realizing it.

I have your future and your heart prepared. I am lining up the world. When it is done. we will march out together with purpose and joy.

I love you daughter. Your holding pattern is only for a moment.

Keep God...

My prayer:

I am tired at many levels tonight God and with that, my attitude is not very good. I could think of many things to complain about tonight, many things that I would like to be changed, but that sounds like an awful way to spend our time together.

I don't want to be the squeaky and whiny wheel. I want to bring you joy. I want to bring a smile to your face. I want to be the child that you see and can't wait to talk to.

So, know that no matter what I am struggling with tonight, my love for you is greater. My worship of you is paramount. My joy from being in your presence is immeasurable.

Come and let me feel your presence. Let me know that you are here with me as always. Let me feel your peace, your joy and your love. 

What God Said Tonight:

You bring me honor in your worship. I have told you to "do this in remembrance of me." When I said that, it was more than just communion. It was that in your every day life. In your eating, sleeping, waking, going about your business day, do it in remembrance of me.

Keep me in your mind and your spirit. Keep  me ahead of the challenges you face. Keep me with you always. And, I promise you that I will work all things our for your good. I promise that I will bless you abundantly. I promise you greatness in this life and beyond.

Keep me first and there is nothing you can't do.

Trust...

My prayer:

Amazing God. I ask for greater discernment. My instinct, is to distrust people first and only trust them after a long period of proving their trustworthiness, if ever.

I do this because of being deeply hurt in the past by trusting those who turned out to be untrustworthy. I do it to protect myself. While it is understandable, the older I get the more I realize how this approach, this distrust, isolates me and keeps me from experiences and people that could really enhance my life.

God, I pray for healing of the old wounds, I pray for restoration of my trust, and I pray for your protection from those who should not be trusted.

What God Said Tonight?

Here are the basics, trust me. That is all you need to know and all you need to do. I will, in your trust bring in only those who are trustworthy and protect you against those who are not. 

SIgnificant...

My prayer:

Too tired to write, not too tired to listen. What is on your mind God?

What God Said Tonight:

I have known for a very long time that this day and this time would come. There is a significance to this time that you do not yet realize. 

Every sacrifice, every step forward that you make in this time is significant in the overall plan for humanity and the earth. 

I know it does not seem like you and you actions could be so significant but they are. Each of my children have a role in Kingdom destiny. Each have a part in the new heaven and earth to come. 

Keep up your part my darling daughter. I love you.

Covenant...

My prayer:

Thank you God for helping me to get out of my own way today. There were several times where I saw myself getting irritable and unpleasant, defensive, stressed out, for no real reason and each time, I asked for your help and you turned it around for me. The exact same thing that had made me so angry one minute, I was able to laugh about in the next minute with your help.

Living life with you is SO much easier than living it without you. Thank you for always helping when I ask!

What God Said Tonight:

I am your ever present help in danger. I will never leave you or forsake you I am in this covenant with you that cannot and will not be broken.

I wait for you to have the full realization of that covenant. I wait for you to realize all that is yours through that covenant. 

Confidence...

My prayer:

I really enjoyed today God. Thank you for every moment!

What God Said Tonight:

The fire is not always dangerous. At least it is not for you.

The fire dances and moves and because of my protection, you can sit back and see the beauty in it with no fear. I have given you the gift of confidence. Confidence in me to work it out. That confidence allows you to look at any situation and find the beauty in it.

There is the old saying that every cloud has a silver lining. Well, with me working in your life, that is COMPLETELY true. You eyes are blessed with the vision to see the silver lining once you have fully trusted me. I am and will always be on your side. Always.

Mountain moving prayer....

My prayer:

Thank you God for coming through for my friend today! Your provision and blessing on her life is beautiful.

Thank you for hearing our prayers. You are so good to us, so kind, so generous and so loving. Thank you for being so wonderful.

What God Said Tonight:

Pray and believe...it has to go three ways. Effective prayer is a three pronged situation.

It requires the prayer, it requires the belief, and it requires you and me together. Take one of those elements away and it falls over like a stool missing a leg.

Your prayer, given to me with our shared belief, that is power. That is effective. That moves mountains. I love you daughter. Let's move some more mountains together soon.

The Spirit of truth...

My prayer:

Awesome God. You know I love you voice. I love when you talk to me. I love having the most High God who knows everything on my side, guiding and directing me. That is truly wonderful.

Sometimes though, I think I have heard you clearly and things don't turn out the way I expect them to. Tonight, I was certain that you told me to go, at that time and that you had the timing of the rest all worked out.

Well, it did not seem "worked out."It seemed like I was late every step of the way. Did I hear you wrong or was your timing just different than what I would have expected?

It wasn't a big deal in this case. It all worked out in the end. But things like this worry me. If I misunderstood you in this, what else have I misunderstood? What else have I heard wrong?

What God Said Tonight:

Your first communication with me, the first time you heard my voice...do you remember that? Do you remember how you felt? I do.

You thought it couldn't be real. you thought there was no way that God would talk to you. But over time, you came to trust it, to trust me.  Over time you came to discern my voice from others. You came to know when someone else was trying to speak to you in my place.

Now, you have more deeply rooted questions that are more difficult to answer. Now, you don't question my voice but the meaning of my words. That is where true understanding comes in.

I have given you the helper. Lean on him to help you with understanding. Ask for his guidance and thoughts with every prophetic word you receive. You will find great truth when you follow my Spirit.

The best you...

My prayer:

Awesome Father. I am kind of loving the person that you are turning me into.

As you heal these old hurts in me, I find myself doing things I never thought were possible. I find myself with more courage than I have ever had before. It is really opening all new worlds to me.

Thank you for healing me. Thank you for wholeness. You are amazing and I am grateful.

What God Said Tonight:

I see you stepping out into unknown waters and I am proud of you. I see you trusting me with untold secrets and I am proud of you.

You are coming into the you I always intended you to be. I have not finished. We have more to do. I have more to heal. I have great joy for you. I have great responsibility for you. I have great hope for you.

I love you and I will not leave you. I will be with you now and forever and I will be proud of you my child.

Equipped...

My prayer:

Thank you for all that you are teaching me right now God. I feel like there are things that I have always struggled with that are 'suddenly' changed in me.

I feel you healing old wounds. I feel you strengthening me. I feel you showing me the strength that is in vulnerability. I feel you showing me the strength that is in humility. I feel you showing me the strength that is in admitting weakness.

These are new and hard things for me God but I feel you changing me. Thank you!

What God Said Tonight:

I have told you these things for years. Now I have equipped you to experience them in every day life.

It is not easy. You will have to remind yourself of these lessons. These lessons are inconvenient and inconsistent with how the world works.

So, you will have to remind yourself of this moment and know that the way to growth is to follow me. The way to peace is to follow me. The way to all you need is found if you follow me.